Life span: 09/30/1824 to 01/24/1887TabsLife SummaryFull name: Charles Pomeroy StonePlace of Birth: Greenfield, MABurial Place: West Point Cemetery, United States Military Academy, West Point, NYBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Spouses: 2No. of Children: 6Family: Alpheus Fletcher Stone (father), Fanny Cushing (mother), Maria Clary Stone (first wife, 1853), Jeanne Stone Stone (second wife, 1863)Education: West Point (US Military Academy)Occupation: MilitaryOtherOther Occupation: Surveyor, Civil EngineerRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: DemocraticMilitary: US military (Pre-Civil War)Union ArmyForeign military Note Cards Charles Pomeroy Stone (American National Biography) ScholarshipStone was the most celebrated example of a high-ranking Democrat who ran afoul of the administration that supervised the Union war effort. His relations with the White House and the Congress, initially strong, were quickly weakened by his imperious demeanor, his disdain of volunteer troops, his impolitic associations with the enemies of his government, and a rather cavalier attitude toward his civilian superiors. For all that, Stone appears to have been a conscientious soldier dedicated to preserving the Union. Certainly the government's decision to hold him for six months without charges and upon evidence too flimsy to withstand legal scrutiny was not only unconscionable but unsustainable under either the Constitution or the Articles of War.Edward G. Longacre, "Stone, Charles Pomeroy," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/05/05-00748.html. Events Date span begin Life span End Event 01/01/1861 01/01/1861 General Winfield Scott orders Captain Charles Stone to put the District of Columbia Militia under arms 01/02/1861 01/02/1861 Captain Charles Stone takes up his duties at the head of the District of Columbia Militia 10/21/1861 10/21/1861 Union troops suffer a heavy defeat at Ball's Bluff on the Virginia side of the Potomac 02/09/1862 02/09/1862 Brigadier General Charles Pomeroy Stone, USA, arrested in his Washington hotel room and imprisoned 03/28/1862 03/28/1862 Friends of imprisoned Brigadier General Charles Stone seek aid from the Massachusetts Legislature Documents Subject Docs Date Title 01/24/1861 Leonard Swett to Abraham Lincoln, January 24, 1861 01/30/1861 Elihu B. Washburne to Abraham Lincoln, January 30, 1861 04/28/1862 Abraham Lincoln to Hannibal Hamlin, April 28, 1862 Images Charles Pomeroy Stone Charles Pomeroy Stone, detail Bibliography
Charles Pomeroy Stone (American National Biography) ScholarshipStone was the most celebrated example of a high-ranking Democrat who ran afoul of the administration that supervised the Union war effort. His relations with the White House and the Congress, initially strong, were quickly weakened by his imperious demeanor, his disdain of volunteer troops, his impolitic associations with the enemies of his government, and a rather cavalier attitude toward his civilian superiors. For all that, Stone appears to have been a conscientious soldier dedicated to preserving the Union. Certainly the government's decision to hold him for six months without charges and upon evidence too flimsy to withstand legal scrutiny was not only unconscionable but unsustainable under either the Constitution or the Articles of War.Edward G. Longacre, "Stone, Charles Pomeroy," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/05/05-00748.html.
